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a chaotic scene inside of the parliament building in ottawa, police officers firing shots at an armed man that burst in,wity says that dozens of shots were heard and the smell of gun powder filled the building, lawmakers were holding their later caucus meetings. minutes before the shooting insides of parliament, canadian police say that a soldier standing guard at the national war memorial was killed. it's not clear how many gunmen there were but ottawa police confirm that one male suspect is dead and they are trying to confirm if there are other suspects. witnesses heard rapid gunshots in the matter of second zbliz heard a shot and i turned around and there was a guy with an
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arrive -- rifle on the back corner, pow, pow. >> this kind of violence is extremely rare in ottawa, this comes two days after a convert to isz lam that killed one soldier and injured another one in a hit and run crash. >> canada lawmakers are trying to flush out if these are acts of terrorism. >> thank you sharrie. our coverage of the ottawa attack continues at 6abc.com. we have full details about the shooting spree, you can see video from the scene and inside of parliament as the gun fire erupted. a suspected serial killer was inside of the courtroom, and he refused to even give the judge his name. he is accused of killing seven women in indiana, he was upset
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that his hearing was in open court and the judge ordered him back to court next week. we have breaking news on michael brown, the teen that was killed in august setting off protests in missouri and elsewhere. the autopsy shows that he was shot in the hand at close range and that they struggled inside of wilson's suv. he was killed outside of suv and was shot six times and witnesses say he raised his hands before being shot. and a report shows he used marijuana. the fbi is looking at the computers of three colorado girls who were stopped in germany possibly while on a journey to join isis, officials say that the to sisters ain friend were headed to syria and
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were seduced by recruiting videos. their father noticed them missing and their passports and $2,000. >> they are in affect luring these girls to syria and iraq, to marry them off to isis fighters to produce more isis fighters. >> the girls are home and not facing charges, they will talk to their friends to see if they are also being lured by isis fighters. >> you'll have more on the michael brown case as well as the shooting in ottawa. investigators are trying to figure out what caused a fire in hunting park that left a dozen people with nowhere to live. it broke out on the 3800 block of north park avenue, the wall of fire spread from one porch to
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the other, five homes were damaged and 18 people were displaced and some folks lost everything. >> i'm devastated because everything i got is gone. >> everything. >> the fire was so intense folks were forced to jump out of windows to safety and 60 firefighters responded to the scene and got it under voel in an hour. tragedy for an allentown family. they arrested jose santos and charged him with the murder of his girlfriend's 3-year-old daughter. she left santos with her daughter and when she came back she was unconscious and showed signs of trauma. and now in delaware a scare caused the evacuation of students and staff. this is blake hall just before noon, vest greaters say that the
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fire was in a small piece of equipment and someone use aid small fire extinguisher to put it out before firefighters got there. everybody was told to leave and then everyone was allowed to return. the investigation continues tonight into a suspicious car fire that ignited in south philadelphia, on south street. witnesses called 911 after hearing a loud explosion, when the police arrived at the scene, the suv was fully involved. no word in foul play was involved. police in toms river say that a heroin dealer was labelling some packets of drug with the word ebola, barnabas davis was arrested at the ramada inn on route 9. he had 300 packets of heroin and
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roughly 40 packs of crack cocaine. philadelphia police authorities are asking for your happen getting a machete wielding robber off the streets. this surveillance video shows a man pulling out a machete on north fifth street. he got behind the counter and demanded money from the clerk. a fallen police officer was saluted in northeast philadelphia today. [ taps ] >> the fraternal order of police dedicated a plaque, he was killed in 1935, it will be on orthodox street where he died. his sons became police officers
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and one was there today to recall his dad's legacy. >> very nice. matt pellman is until the traffic center with an update on what is going on. it's a nightmare. >> southbound side by fox street in east falls, a multivehicle accident blocking most of the roadway, traffic getting by time by time on the shoulder. use hunting park avenue or even lincoln drive, but the wet leave there's are leaving us with slippery conditions. close to the boulevard in crescentville a crash at whitaker and the northbound disabled vehicle at the betsy ross bridge is done. the broken down train is not gone, woodburn road is closed
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and a crash eastbound by highway 1 and runnemede at center avenue, but good news at the burlington bristol bridge, because of the weather, construction is canceled and it will stay open. >> still ahead on "action news" tonight. new guidelines, ordered by. cdc for all travellers headed to the u.s. from ebola stricken africa. how it is effecting our area. >> an all new nashville tonight and a bombshell is delivered via text message. >> row pressure off the coast is spinning back the chilly winds and bringing in moisture. we'll let you know when this leaves in the accuweather forecast. >> and jaime apody joins us with eagles, and flyers news in sports. ♪
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with the card most accepted in the philadelphia region, you have the compassion and security of blue cross. giving you the confidence to move forward. independence blue cross. live fearless. now, to the latest on ebola in america, today the center for disease control announced that pennsylvania will join five other states in monitoring all
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passengers coming to west africa to the united states. is it started monday and they chose pennsylvania because of its close proximity to new jersey. virginia and georgia will also be monitoring. travellers from liberia will be given information cards and a thermometer to monitor their temperatures twice a day for three weeks. meanwhile, medical facilities around the globe are using state of the art technology to disinfect jairs that are exposed to ebola, they are called decontamination robots and they are made in horsham. >> reporter: they are made by the bio tech company, biotel. they are used to disinfect
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hospitals for viruses like mrsa and have been called to duty at presbyterian health in taps. documenting the first documented case of ebola in the u.s. it's used in france and spain and the institute of health. the portable machine uses a hydrogen solution with water. >> it's pumped up through the nozzle itself. >> how long does it take? >> an hour and a half to complete the cycle. >> how do you know all the path agains are removed from the room? >> we use indicators. >> the strength of the path
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gens. >> the airation unit then vacuums the hydrogen peroxide from the room, after its removed and its affectiveness is verified, a hospital room or vehicle can immediately return to service. >> biotel inspect their technology will be used soon in guinea and sierra leone and other parts of west africa. lisa thomas-laury, channel 6 "action news." turning to sports. the eagles prepare for their showdown against the cardinals who are also 5-1, jaime apody is here with more. >> jeremy maclin says knows that it's a big time game against an nfc opponent that could mean something down the road. once again michael kendrick is among the walking wounded to be back on the field.
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and first time since suffering a sprain in the opener. he can't come off reserves until the monday night game. but he thinks this time off will bode well for the stretch run. >> i consider myself to be a spring chicken for the last stretch of the season. i feel good, and usually there time of the season there are aches and pains, but right now i'm completely fresh, it's like i'm starting ota's or training camp, it's a good feeling. >> it will be interesting to see how nick foles performs after having a week off. he through three times the interceptions he threw all of last year. but maclin tells why he is leading this team. >> we are 5-1 and just one yard from being 6-0, and we played the worst game we played on
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offense, he puts us in positions to win game. you look at touch downs, and inceptions but the biggest stat is wins and losses. >> how did kerry williams spend his week, a costume party for his daughter? >> he went as mc hammer complete with parachute pants. coach berube says the flyers looked like deer in headlights last night in their loss against pittsburgh. again, the flyers gave up two goals in less than a one minute span and that was the beginning of the end and they lost in chicago and captain claude giroux says they can't afford to get down in the dumps. >> we have to stick together when it's tough times and battle through it.
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we have done it before. we are not going anywhere, we have to stick together and go through this together. >> by the way tonight's game against it's maple leafs and the senators in ottawa is postponed because of tragic shootings in ottawa earlier today. hunter pence may be on his way to a third world series win. he sparked the giants to a win in the game one of the world series, game two is tonight. that has to hurt phillies fans with pence and all of that . bling. and sixers dancers have a new option thanks to michelle mill miller. they will show case the dress on miller. they will show case the dress on the court as well as off court
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most of us are ready to drip dry. >> but not adam. polyester looks lovely. >> you should know.
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>> we'll let them go at it as we look at stormtracker 6 live double scan, the showers continue to spiral through the region and at times we have heavier downpours and other times some mist. right now be have a steady batch of showers in the western suburbs of philadelphia along the main line also along the conshohocken curve of the schuylkill expressway, and the blue route is wet through del care county, as you head north into chester county along 202 and as we head to the east and widen out you see pops of yellow with moderate rain, seaside heights was hammered yesterday in the order of 1 to 3 inches and surf city, and this continues to move from the north to the south and it makes it into burlington county and atlantic county. 56 allentown and 48 in the poconos and 55 in wilmington and with the wind out of the north today in edition to the rainfall, it chills you to the
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bone, winds 30 miles per hour in lancaster and mid-20s at the shore. can you see the spin as the low is developing to the east and that helps to drain the wind from the north and it wraps the moisture from the low and the low is slow to move, so overnight tonight, periods of drizzle and stdy showers at times at 11:00, as you go early tomorrow morning at 7:00, clouds in at times and periods of showers, and that continues into tomorrow afternoon and 5:00 you can see the void in the radar and the clouds lock into place here until probably the midmorning hours on friday, by friday the low begins to pull away as high pressure is in control and it will be by the end of the week and the sunshine pops back out and temperatures warm to 65 degrees, tonight 45 to 49 with the chilly raw wind from the north and drizzle and
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showers and another kind of dismal day out here, 49 degrees at 7:00 and only going into the mid to upper 50s like today with the strong wind from the north-northwest and at times showers and drizzle. the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, we'll brighten the mood here, and it's breezy at 65 degrees and this should make you smile for the weekend, looking good, 67 for saturday and it turns windy and cooler for 63, and the sunshine remains in control early next week. the next chang of showers won't arrive until probably wednesday evening but before that temperatures once again jump above average, low 70s with a treat here on tuesday, before halloween, a little too early to talk about the trick or treat forecast. but the week looking good. >> thank you adam. it's a perfect night to stay inside and catch all the action on abc prime time, it kicks off with the middle at 8:00 and the
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goldbergs after that and mitch and cameron determined to save lily from her teacher mrs. plant, she rules with an iron fist and also scares them. >> and then blackish, they agreed they would no long spank their kids but all bets might be off when jack disobeys. >> and on nashville -- >> he called me nothing emily. nothing. that is why this nothing is raising this baby alone. >> you didn't make it alone, the father has a right to know. >> fine. >> scandalous, be ready to tweet along with us, with #~ nashville and #~ 6 abc. >> at 9:00 it's modern family followed by blackish and then at 10:00 nashville followed by
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"action news" at 11:00.
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an important event held at the senior center in colesing wood. the vaccine is most important for seniors, and people with weak immune systems. they offer click ins through mid-november. tourists react to security measures in light of the attack on a soldier in ottawa canada. >> and malala yousafzai goes one-on-one with jim gardner, her thoutds on standing unto terrorists and her selection for
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the nobel peace prize. >> and now for the entire "action news" team i'm monica
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"action news" delaware valley's leading news program. with ducis rogers, meteorologist, cecily tynan and jim gardner. the sound of gun fire inside of canada's parliament building in ottawa as chaos breaks out at
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the capital. police are searching for two possible gunmen in and around the city. the gun fire erupted first at the national war memorial where a member of the canada forces was shot and later died. officials say at least one or as many as three gunmen moved inside of the parliament building. at this hour, authorities say that one gunman was killed and the search goes on for the possibility of two more, both the ottawa police and the royal canadian mounted police have established a perimeter of a lock down and people are told to stay in their homes. for people there it has been a drying day. >> we fine out about